Notable Details:
• Rare surviving pair of eighteenth-century French pomade jars
• Spiral fluting that animates the surface with subtle movement
• Delicate hand-painted florals in distinctive purple rose tones
• Strawberry finials, modeled with naturalistic detail
• Incised “DV” mark for the Duc de Villeroy
• Rims painted in pinkish purple, consistent with Mennecy practice
• Soft-paste porcelain typical of early French experimentation in the Chinese manner
Background of Mennecy Porcelain:
The Mennecy Porcelain factory was one of the first French porcelain factories. From 1735 until 1773, the factory produced fine-quality soft-paste porcelain.
French soft-paste porcelain began with the early attempts by European potters to replicate Chinese porcelain using mixtures of clay and glass frit. Like our jars, the porcelain body of the early Mennecy wares has a creamy one.
By royal decree, the only porcelain factory in 18th-century France that used gilding was the royal factory, Sèvres. So, there was no gilding at Mennecy; instead, the rims were painted in purple or pink.
The Mennecy factory, under the protection of the Duc de Villeroy, marked an incised “DV,” his mark, on the underside of many pieces.
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